Interesting question. I would think the courts would come into play. I assume failure to maintain or close the bridge when they knew of the poor rating would constitute negligence on the part of the city. I think we would have to know what the weights of the other vehicles are to see if the weight limit was exceeded.

Even if it was just failure and they didn’t know, I feel like the city needs to have insurance for these things no?

Would seem insane for the city to just put it on the individual using it.